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Can We Govern AI? with Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton
October 6, 2026 · 55 minWe asked Geoffrey Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning Godfather of AI: what happens when AI gets smarter than us? Can it unlearn bad behaviours? Break out and release a model that even Sam Altman acknowledges is dangerous? Under what…
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He’s Written 1600 Obituaries. What Has He Learned About Life?
September 29, 2026 · 57 minNayeema sits down with Sam Roberts, the New York Times obituary reporter who’s studied some 120,000 years of life while penning obits for everyone from Washington’s most powerful people to Hollywood’s most famed vet and … Jesus Christ? So…
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Will AI Kill Us? Or Make Us Hotter?
September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minNayeema sits does with journalist Kevin Roose, who has covered tech for 15+ years and wrote *the* book on the AI race, to ask if this latest AI panic is just a way to drive up trillion-dollar IPOs and regulatory moats for Sam Altman and…
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Where Does Confidence Come From?
September 15, 2026 · 1 hr 1 minNayeema sits down with Serena Kerrigan, who left a salaried job and a self-described “Nepo Baby Lite" lifestyle to become an influencer (slash "icon"). Six years later, she’s built an empire: an IG live show that led to a TV deal with…
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Why Am I Working More and Getting Less Done?
September 8, 2026 · 56 minNayeema sits down with Cal Newport, an expert on deep work, pseudo-productivity and how technology is shaping work. He’s prolifically productive himself (he’s written multiple bestselling books, is a tenured Georgetown professor, and hosts…
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Why Don't Adults Get Summer Vacation?
September 1, 2026 · 51 minIs Gen Z Unemployable? And/or are the rest of us addicted to work? NYU Stern Prof and bestselling author Suzy Welch joins Nayeema in this first episode of the SGDQ “What Even is Work?!” series to figure out what we value and how we spend…
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Can We Get Better at Flirting … with Rejection?
August 25, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minWhether you’re single, married or something in between: this episode is for you. Nayeema sits down with love coach and rejection survivor Francesca Hogi to talk about flirting as a way of life and rejection as a path to growth. Plus…
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Are Prediction Markets Destroying Society? I Asked the Kalshi CEO
August 11, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minNayeema gets direct with Tarek Mansour, the 30-year-old CEO and Co-Founder of Kalshi. The prediction market hit $30 billion in trade volume this June as users put money on everything from the World Cup to Strait of Hormuz opening dates and…